History

Did you know that Greenpeace (the international activist organization that focuses its work on global warming, deforestation, overfishing, commercial whaling and anti-nuclear issues) was founded in Vancouver in the 1970's? True story.

I've made so many blog posts about Expo 86 memorabilia over the years with V.I.A. that I don't even know how to introduce them any more.

From the luster of Yaletown's glass towers to the blink and buzz of neon on Granville on Hastings, Vancouver's story is fairly new however there's still quite a bit of history to be told about this 124-year old city.

It's hard to believe that it was six months ago that our city hosted the 2010 Winter Olympics. Click HERE to take a look back on every single Olympics-related post we've ever made.

Wondering why you might have the day off today? I did a little research and found out the basic origins of BC Day, and they really are quite basic: In 1974 a fellow named Ernie Hall (who was the then Provincial Secretary under Premier Dave Barrett) i

Have you ever been to the Vancouver Police Museum at 240 E. Cordova Street? Kim Werker did a BLOG POST about them and one of their forensic workshops not long ago and since V.I.A.

Have you ever been to the Vancouver Police Museum at 240 E. Cordova Street? Kim Werker did a BLOG POST about them and one of their forensic workshops not long ago and since V.I.A.

Have you ever been to the Vancouver Police Museum at 240 E. Cordova Street? Kim Werker did a BLOG POST about them and one of their forensic workshops not long ago and since V.I.A.

Until they started rockin' out on Twitter , I had no idea there was a Police Museum in town (it's conveniently located next to the VPD on Cordova just east of Main).

There was so much I wanted to do during the Olympics, I couldn't stomach the thought of an eight-hour queue to see the medals (even though I really wanted to see them).